PRESENTED BY

Name Prosanta Kumar Biswas Hasan Istiaque Ahmed Student ID 2012-2-2-7 2012-2-2-15

 Medical Textile
Textile material used in medical in related to health care & hygienic section, their application, importance & functions may be termed

as medical textile.

Classification of Medical Textile

Non implantable materials: Wound Dressing, Bandage, Plasters etc. Implantable materials: Suture, Vascular grafts, Artificial ligaments etc. Extracorporeal materials: Artificial kidney, Artificial liver, lung etc. Health care/ Hygienic product: Bedding, Clothing, Surgical gowns, Cloths etc.

 Fibers used in Medical textile

All the fibers are not suitable for producing desirable properties of medical fibers are: Non toxicity Sterilisability Biocompatibility Biodegradability medical textiles. Some special and Good absorbability Softness Additives free Contaminants free

Classification of Fibers Used in Medical textile

Degradable fibers: Alginate, Chitin, Chitosan, Collagen, Cotton, Viscose Non degradable fibers: Polyamide, Polypropylene, Polyester, PTFE Resorbable fibers: Polydioxanone (PDS), Polyglycolic acid (PGA), Polylactic acid (PLA)

 Description of some medical textile items

ITEMS Gauzes Plaster Surgical gowns USED FOR Absorb fluid like bleed in hospitals, clinics & health centers Used as a hold for broken bones To defend against fluid infectivity during surgery RAW MATERIALS Half- bleached cotton, viscose Cotton, viscose etc. TECHNOLOGY USED Weaving, Knitting Weaving, Knitting

Polythenated water-repellent non-woven spun bonded fabric

Face mask
Surgical sutures Vascular grafts Wadding

Used to guard the respiratory system and the face against hazardous gases and particles
Used for stitching together skin deformations, open wounds, organs and blood vessels Used as artificial vain Used to stanch the flow of blood

Cotton, Polyester, Viscose etc.

PGA, Collagen, polyester, polypropylene etc.
Polyethylene terephthalate, Polytetrafluoroethylene

Nonwoven Braiding, Weaving

Warp-knitting (double Raschel Warp Knitting m/c) Weaving & knitting

Half- bleached cotton, polyester, & bamboo

ITEMS Medical mattress

Baby diaper
Incontinence diapers

USED FOR Used as hospital bed

Used to suck up and retain body liquids of baby For adult people with loss of bladder control Used to join ends of two bones Used in the skin grafting process Used for patients suffering from arthritis and accidental damage of joints

RAW MATERIALS Polyurethane foam, polyester

Super Absorbent Polymers, Polypropylene Super Absorbent Polymers, Polypropylene Polyethylene Terephthalate, polyester, silk, PTFE Chitin Carbon, Polyacetyl multifilament etc.

TECHNOLOGY USED Weaving

Nonwoven (Diaper making machine) Nonwoven (Diaper making machine) Braiding Nonwoven Weaving, Braiding

Artificial ligaments Artificial skin Artificial joints

 Manufacturing techniques of medical textiles

There is little difference between the manufacturing techniques of ordinary textiles and medical textiles due to difference in end uses. Medical textiles are very sophisticated materials than ordinary textiles. It should be germ free, compatible with body and coated with medicine. Medical textile products are based on fabrics, of which there are four types: woven, knitted, braided, and nonwoven. The first three of these are made from yarns, whereas the fourth can be made directly from fibers, or even from polymers

 Trends of medical textile

Protech 1%

Consumption
Sportech 6% Packtech 15%

Geotech 2% Agrotech 8% Buildtech 10%

Mobitech 16% Medtech 9%

Indutech 13%

Hometech 13%

Clotech 7%

Fig: World end-use consumption of technical textiles in 2000 by application areas (volume terms) World consumption (In Tons)
2500

2000

1000 tons

1500 1000 500 0 1995 2000 2005 2010

World consumption

Year Fig: Forecast world consumption of medical textiles, 1995-2010, Volume (1,000tons).

 Main items used in the hospitals

Gauze Cotton Surgical gown Surgical mask Surgical cap Patience gown Plaster Bandage(roller) Bandage(crep) Suture

 Medical textile items available in Bangladesh

Name of the product Surgical gauze Fabric structure woven nonwoven Microporous surgical tape nonwoven nonwoven Brand Al- Abi Marketing Company 3M Health Care Nichiban co. Ltd. Wenzhou Wuzhou Origin Bangladesh Taiwan Japan China Price (Tk) 130200/piece 58.30/roll 152.50/roll 41.66/roll Purpose Surgical purpose Surgical purpose Surgical purpose Surgical purpose Surgical purpose Wound care

Surgical mask
Waterproof plastic bandage Cotton strip Roller bandage

nonwoven
woven

Marketed by JMI Bangla company ltd

China
Bangladesh

1/ piece
1/ piece

woven woven

Neostrip Al- Abi Marketing Company

Bangladesh

1/ piece 40/pack

Wound care Wound care

Elastic bandage Pouch arm sling Elastic wrist splint Thumb spica splint Anklet Lumber corset

woven woven woven

Neo- bandage Tynor Tynor

China India India

55 / pack 200/ piece 280/ piece

Wound care Orthopedic purpose Orthopedic purpose Orthopedic purpose Orthopedic purpose Orthopedic purpose(Back ache) Hernia support Wound care Any type of pain

woven
woven woven

Tynor
Tynor Tynor

India
India India

250/ piece
130 180-300

Hernia belt Absorbent cotton Heating pad

woven

Non-woven

Surgicine Surgical co. ltd Oriental United Industries Marketed by AtTex

India Bangladesh -

200 110/ pack 300

From the above investigation, we can say that Only surgical gauze, Roller bandage, plastic bandage and absorbent cotton are produced of Bangladesh. Maximum fabric structures of medical textiles are woven and nonwoven. Bangladesh imports medical textiles mainly from China and India.

Finally it can be said that, Bangladesh is very much lagging behind from
manufacturing of medical textile products. Bangladesh can improve their condition by introducing nonwoven and woven project.

 Market potentials of medical textiles in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a populous country. About 150 million people live here. For this huge population, huge medical facilities are required as a basic need. To fulfill such big demand, many hospitals and clinics are set up here by government and public finance. So a lot of medical textile products are required in these hospitals. There will be huge need of medical textiles in near future. There is no research work about the market size of medical textile in Bangladesh. For this we have not found sufficient data about the market size of Bangladesh. But, by investigating hospitals and market we have reached a decision that the market size of medical textile is increasing rapidly. Main causes are the following Population growth Consciousness development of people about healthcare Higher standard of living
Establishment of international standard modern hospitals throughout the country

Technology development

 Potential of medical textile manufacturing in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is well known to the world as a traditional textile manufacturing country. But Bangladesh has also the potential to produce technical textile especially medical textile. It may be a great source of earning foreign currency. Our neighboring country India and Pakistan are already going ahead in this field. They consume their own product and also export to foreign countries. The possibility of medical textile manufacturing in our country is analyzed below Capital Raw materials Technology Manpower Power Environment Profitability

 Challenges of medical textile manufacturing in Bangladesh: The main challenges are1. Power crisis 2. Need to build up skilled manpower 3. Competition with China, India and other countries. 4. Need to increase of braided and nonwoven factory. 5. Need to increasing of forward and backward linkage industry Recommendation: To develop this sector, we recommend the following 1. The government should take step to solve power crisis. 2. The textile technologists of our country should come forward to encourage the industrialist to set up medical textile manufacturing factory because they are the only concern person about the sector.

Collaborate with medical textile manufacturing companies of China, India etc. Comment: There is a great possibility of developing medical textile sector if power crisis is overcome.

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